NY POST EDITORIAL: SPANO FOR SALE
June 19, 2006 — State Sen. Nick Spano, organized
labor’s Republican poodle from West chester, means to be re-elected no matter how much harm he does to
New York, and his constituents, in the process.
And state Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno (R-Rensselaer) seems all too willing to go along for the ride.
Strange, […]

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SILVER’S SHAME
How many sex criminals are walking the streets because Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Weitz & Luxenberg) cares more about his law firm than he does about crime victims? As The Post’s Ken Lovett reported yesterday, state criminal-justice officials have identified 332 sex fiends who’ve been fingered by DNA evidence - but who can’t be […]

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SILVER VS. SPITZER NY Post Editorial
Is the political clock ticking on As sembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D- Tort Bar)? Only Eliot Spitzer, the prohibi tive favorite to be sworn in as New York’s next governor on Jan. 1, knows the answer to that question.
But Albany is scarcely large enough to contain the two men: […]

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U.S. warns North Korea against missile “provocation”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday warned North Korea against conducting a “provocative” intercontinental missile test after U.S. officials said there were signs a launch could take place as early as this weekend.
A test would be Pyongyang’s first launch of a long-range missile since it stunned […]

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WBEN 930 : Unions Want End Of Buffalo Control Board
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - City unions have had enough and they are planning a push to get rid of Buffalo’s control board. They say a raise denied to a small group of workers is the last straw.
The Buffalo Control Board at its last meeting denied a […]

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SOLDIERS DESERVE MORE RESPECT
By Bob Confer
We are constantly bombarded by messages that would lead one to believe that nothing ever seems to go right for our men in uniform. From stories about constant terrorism against citizens and soldiers in Iraq to overblown tales about happenings in Guantanamo Bay and Haditha, the media tends to portray […]

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I really don’t like posting whole articles but this one is just to good to pass up. Bravo to Donn Esmonde.
Blame brain drain on Albany
By DONN ESMONDE
Get out a net and toss it over them. Transport everybody under 35 to a holding center. Put a bounty on each of their heads. Stop them from […]

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Former Lawmaker Takes Aim At City School Board
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - Former Buffalo Assemblyman Arthur Eve was among a handful of residents calling on the city school board to take action on a number of issues, including student arrests and AIDS.
Eve says schools are not doing enough in the classroom to help control problems like […]

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“When the jobs don’t grow, people go”
Upstate New York is staggering from an accelerating exodus of young adults, new census results show. The migration is turning many communities grayer, threatening the long-term viability of ailing cities and raising concerns about the state’s future tax base.
From 1990 to 2004, the number of 25-to-34-year-old residents in the […]

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Suozzi, Faso said Spitzer tax cut plan flawed, phony — Newsday.com
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Democratic candidate for governor Tom Suozzi found a crowd Tuesday that knew him well and applauded the underdog candidate’s plan to unburden local taxpayers by fixing Albany.
“I’ve walked your walk,” Suozzi told the New York Conference of Mayors, “I know what […]

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